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WHAT'S HAPPENING by
Susan Mangatal
Greetings
To all among our on-line family:
This
past weekend was "Off The Hook". We turned the Miami
Carnival trip into an actual mini vacation. We extremely enjoyed visiting
family and friends throughout Florida. We began in the Tampa/St.
Pete area visiting family on Friday and Saturday, then we traveled to
Orlando/Kissimmee and hung out with friends Saturday evening until the
early morning of Sunday, which was the best part of our trip. In
addition to chilling over drinks, good conversation and watching domino games, we
were able to discuss the hurricanes and get the real story on how hard the
Hurricanes hit the Orlando area. It was amazing to get the full
details from our friends on all the devastation as they were heard, and
felt from the rain and winds, and how scared they had become during those dangerous
storms. We also got eye witness views of the destructions, many
roofs are covered with blue tarps because of the storm damage, homes are still
3/4 covered with water from the flooding, most yards have turned into lakefront views,
huge trees
completely rooted up from the ground (like someone just pulled them up),
iron signs completely bent and broken into pieces, most of the billboards
along the highways are destroyed. It was a sight for us, and clearly
there were lots of destruction in Florida. We want to Big
up Gilbert, Sam, Sharon, Lance, and Kenny for the hospitality and the
drinks, we really enjoyed the great music, and real good vibes. Sam
you are a true Vibes DJ, and you must have been the best in your
time!!!
We
finally made it to Miami during the early hours on Sunday. With our
heads bad and with very little sleep, we hooked
up with friends and decided to attend the Broward Carnival, which was a good decision and
turned out to be quite nice. Of course the drinks started flowing
and the "liming" began, (which was "off the
hook".) We had lots and lots of drinks while checking out the
scenes from the Carnival, so sobering up was not on the agenda. The
parade was held in the street and proceeded into Lockhart Stadium,
thousands of people streamed into the stadium as well, and there were lots
of vendors, so from our calculations this Carnival profited quite
well. This entire event was really good. The truck that DJ
Smally played on was good (the Kiaso Boyz "Mudders Nation").
Good job Smally!!!! It is clear to us that Miami can indeed handle 2
Carnivals, because from the reports from the many folks that attended
Miami Carnival, they too had many people in attendance, therefore both
Carnivals did very well
We
attended the "Stamina" event in the early morning of Monday
(head still bad). After being informed by the
promoters that the venue (Marlin Hotel) was too small from the sales of
the tickets, so in the last minute the event was moved to "The Jade
Nightclub" in South Beach. We had a good time, and it seems the
others who attended had fun as well. If you missed this one, you
really missed a nice event. Big Up to ICE Productions and his
partners...Good to see you stretching out to other cities, and most
importantly in putting on a reasonable priced event. Of course there
were lots of competition over this very busy weekend but you guys did
good. Big up to you too Jermaine!
We
would like to congratulate Sam'O for placing 3rd at the Calypso Monarch show in
Miami. Below is an interview with Sam'O.
TAKING
A BREAK – WITH SAM’O
INTERVIEW
-- SEGMENT 1 OF 4
After
a busy summer, Stephen Samuel (a/k/a SAM’O) is now taking a break
to “. . . relax, work on promoting my new gospel CD, perfect a
video for U.S. agents, and write some new music.”
We were able to catch up with SAM’O to
ask him a few questions. This
is what he had to say.
INTERVIEWER:
SAM’O – you came into this area recently –
people don’t seem to know much about you. What can you tell us?
SAM’O:
Oh, I’ve performing around the Caribbean for many years.
I started singing in Trinidad at the age of 7 and I’ve
been performing ever. Over
the years, I shared the stage regularly with some of the greats
like Eddie Grant, Mark Holder, Baron, Iwa George, Bunji Garling,
Shadow, Mighty Sparrow and Kitchner just to name a few.
I do original Calypso and Soca music, but I am also known
for my ballads, and for bringing back some of the Calypso greats
as “Congo
Man” “Jean and Dina” “Rose” “Ben Wood Dick.”
I feel I perform best for events where people are dancing
and having a great time – that’s when I can do all of the
music I love, like reggae, R&B, oldies goldies, ballads, and I
throw in some of the Soca and calypso music too.
INTERVIEWER: Before coming
to the States, what were you most known for in the Caribbean.
SAM’O:
I was doing a lot of things.
My latest CD’s in the Caribbean included songs like
“Sweet Waist,” “The Dream,” “Bila to Soca” and “Pump
Up.” This music did
very well and allowed me to perform in some of the tents like
Rovin Tigers, Tuco North Zone Calypso Tents, Southern Brigade, Mas
Camp Pub. I traveled
to some of the other islands to perform as a guest artist, like
Barbados, Grenada and St. Lucia.
I was also doing some traveling to other countries with the
Prime Minister’s Cultural Entourage, performing some of the old
Calypso music as part of the entertainment. That for me was a great honor to do that type of performing.
Before I came to the States, I was performing on Carnival
Cruise Lines, entertaining every day of the week – that was
great great fun for me. I
was very well received by the American cruise ship audiences. I
hope to do more with the cruise lines.
WATCH
NEXT WEEK FOR MORE ON THIS INTERVIEW.
CLICK
HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SAM’O !!!
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You may recall several weeks ago,
we informed you that a member of our on-line family intended to begin a
24/7 On-line Caribbean Radio Program. This young lady (Fiona)
asked that we inform you of her intentions, and get feedback on her
idea. This was done by forwarding to you the Caribbean Radio
Listener Survey, which many of you answered...thanks! Ms. Fiona
have decided to move things to the next level and most importantly give
you (the people) what you want. The "Caribbean Vibes
Radio" (Caribbean Internet Station) is schedule to launch on or
about November 1st, 2004. In the next week or so we will publish
the results of the survey for you to view.
There
are a few more Carnivals left before the North America Carnival season
comes to a close. This weekend (October 15 & 16) is the
Jacksonville Florida 5th Annual Caribbean Carnival. The
"Carnival Organization of Jacksonville, Inc." will hold their
event at Hemming Plaza in downtown Jacksonville on Saturday. The
parade of bands begins at 12 Noon. If you are in Jacksonville, or is
passing through Florida, stop by for the food, music, drinks, arts and
crafts and lots of fun. Click
here for details on the Carnival, and Click
here for the Kick off party taking place tonight (October 15th).
To
our on-line family have a wonderful weekend!
Until Next Week!
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